Sensitising programme delivers positive results

A groundbreaking programme aimed at preparing children to cope with the impact of HIV/AIDS will soon be implemented in four of South Africa's nine provinces.

Learning Together for the Future - WCRP/HIVAN Youth Forum, March 2005

In the knowledge that empowering youth has become a pivotal goal in all programmes focused on HIV/AIDS and social change, the partnership between the World Conference on Religion and Peace (WCRP) and the Centre for HIV and AIDS Networking (HIVAN) has introduced a new track of Youth Forum sessions for 2005, themed as: €œLearning Together for the Future€.

Eleven teachers a day die of HIV/AIDS

More than 4 000 South African teachers died of HIV/AIDS-related complications last year, while 45 000 more - 12,7 percent of the teacher workforce - are HIV-positive.

Young, rural teachers most at risk

Thousands of teachers have been lost to HIV/AIDS. An HSRC study has revealed the extent of the epidemic among educators and has called for 10 000 to be placed on anti-retroviral treatment with immediate effect.

Initiative launched to alleviate the effect of HIV/AIDS on the education sector

A group of eight South African and international NGOs are collaborating on a new programme to tackle the impact of HIV/AIDS on the education sector, after recent research showed that the pandemic was claiming the lives of 11 teachers daily.

The Three Amigos increase presence in South Africa

The Three Amigos, a series of twenty (20) multi-award wining Public Service Announcements (PSA€™s) designed to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS, have found a new home on SABC 2. Already playing on SABC 1 and 3, the PSA€™s are now going to be played on SABC 2 in Sotho and Afrikaans. The animated PSA€™s star three comedic animated characters to deliver a serious message encouraging the principle that condoms are our friends or amigos.

New ways of combating HIV/AIDS bear fruit

As young people continue to bear the brunt of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, a pilot project in South Africa's province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) is working with families to teach children how to reduce risky behaviour before they reach puberty.

"HIV/AIDS keeps teachers from their classrooms"

A "blistering" report highlighting the disease burden facing education in South Africa shows that between 10 000 and 23 000 teachers now require treatment for HIV/AIDS to save their lives.

National HIV/AIDS conference warned to scale up efforts

South Africa's response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic still leaves much to be desired, delegates heard on Wednesday at the 2nd South African AIDS Conference in Durban.